Diesel,
length 100.7 feet, beam 22 feet, draft 10 feet. Built by Spedden Shipbuilding,
Baltimore, Maryland, in 1932. Transferred from US Public Health Service
on May 24, 1957. Originally named the USPHS Ship WALTER WYMAN with
name changed to USC&GS Ship MARMER on May 29, 1957. This ship
was used for current studies. In service 1957-1968 on the Atlantic
coast. It was replaced by the NOAA Ship FERREL in 1968. The ship was
named for Harry S. Marmer (1885-1953), Assistant Chief of the Division
of Tides and Currents of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, who was well-known
for his scientific work on understanding tides and currents as well
as his popular writing on the subject. He was a recipient of the Agassiz
Medal of the National Academy of Sciences and a Department of Commerce
Gold Medal for original contributions to the understanding of tides
and currents.